Legal Opinion
Joseph v. Elan Motorsports Technologies Racing Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 14, 2011No. 10-1420PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Timothy Wardrop filed suit in an Indiana state court more than seven years ago against Elan Motorsports Technologies Racing Corp., which for reasons that will shortly become clear we’ll call “Elan Corp.” The suit charged breach of a written employment contract (plus an oral commission contract that we can ignore). The defendant removed the case to federal district court under the diversity jurisdiction. The written contract states that the parties are Wardrop and Elan Motorsports Technologies, Inc., which we’ll call “Elan Inc.” It is a separate corporation from Elan…
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